The Japanese Get an Amphibious Tank for Bolt Action
November 30, 2014 by dracs
According to Warlord Games, the Japanese of WWII developed a number of amphibious tanks to back up their Special Naval Landing Force and now one of these has floated into Bolt Action.
The Ka-Mi amphibious tank was based upon the Ha-Go chassis, with added attachable pontoons and a boat hull to help it travel on the water and sometimes even being equipped with torpedos, along with its 37mm gun and coaxial Type 97 light machine gun.
The great thing about this miniature is that Warlord have provided three variations; those without the floating pontoons, with them attached, or with the tank floating on the waterline. This is brilliant as not only does it show the tank in action, but it allows you to display it in its various stages on the battlefield.
Can you tank buffs tell us more about Japan's amphibious vehicles? Would these be useful for your Bolt Action games?
These are new to me… and the top one even looks cool! Thought I’d seen all the WWII armour out there.
That is one interesting tank and one that i didn’t know about before this.
Very cool to have three options . Seems they’ve forgotten to include the conning tower ( for the want of a better description ) air intake for the rear of the pontoon versions . Without it , one good wave would flood your engine . See photo page 23 . Osprey / New Vanguard – Japanese Tanks 1939-45 ( S. Zaloga )
A tank with torpedoes how cool is that? So cool i had to look it up. Apparently it could be launched from a submarine as well. As far as I can see it arrived too late to be used in its original role for amphibious landings but it was used for island defence mostly dug into the ground so no wonder no one has seen it 🙂
would be good for making a beach invasion diorama?